But to lay down this burden Carried for so long and far Of a mind driven to perform At ever increasing pace In a race to survive Of the innumerable swarm of Distorted impulses signalled From within and without Troubling that mind Agitating, fragmenting, And compressing it Mocking its complex, fragile Sense of personal identity That must be kept in order With the most anxious attention And a complexity of Thoughts, words, and actions